Inflation and Insurance: An Insight

 

Inflation, due to a number of different factors, is causing inflation across a huge number of different industries. Whether it’s supply chain disruption, the aftereffects from the pandemic or the war in Ukraine, everything is starting to cost more as an effect. And when it comes to insurance, it’s no different. As costs for everything like raw materials, energy and workers increase, so does the cost of cover to protect you from some of the very things inflation is causing. In the business world, this can range from business interruption insurance to professional indemnity insurance. So how is inflation affecting some of the major types of business insurance?

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Business Interruption Insurance

Professional Indemnity Insurance

 

Inflation in professional indemnity insurance has primarily come about due to two factors: the rise in legal defence costs and higher settlements. The inflation in legal defence costs has come about due to the backlog in courts, which is partially a result of the pandemic, and the rise in costs for many different players in the legal world. Higher settlements have come about due to the inflation in costs and prices in the wider economy.

 

These factors are affecting a number of different types of business insurance and not just PI, including public liability insurance, employer’s liability insurance and directors & officers insurance.

Commercial Building Insurance

 

Also known as business building insurance, the cost of commercial building insurance is due to a number of different inflationary factors. If something gets damaged and requires repair, the cost of work will be determined by the increase in raw materials and also the increase in wages for labour to ensure that workers are getting a pay rise to combat rising inflation.

Business Equipment and Office Contents Insurance

 

As the price of everything increases, so does the cost of buying and replacing equipment and office contents. So if something like a computer is damaged, the cost of placing it would be more expensive now than it would have been a year or two ago. This then has a knock-on effect on business equipment premiums, with them increasing to reflect the increase in equipment prices due to inflation.

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